Social support and self-reported health status of older adults in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1872-1878

  White, Ann Marie ^a,b   Philogene, G Stephane ^a   Fine, Lawrence ^a   Sinha, Sarbajit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349109099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.146894     Document Type: Article

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